AW 1 d895588daw.htm FORM AW FOR ISHARES INC. Form AW for iShares Inc.
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400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737)

www.iShares.com

March 25, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

RE: iShares, Inc. (the “Company”)

(Securities Act File No. 33-97598;

Investment Company Act File No. 811-09102)

Request for Withdrawal of Amendments

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby requests the withdrawal of the Company’s post-effective amendments filed with respect to the following series of the Company. Each post-effective amendment was filed on Form N-1A as referenced below and has not been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission as of the date of this letter.

 

Registered Fund Name

   Series
Identifier
     Post-Effective
Amendment No.
     Initial Filing
Date
 

iShares MSCI ACWI with EM Exposure ETF

     S000045085         354         1/31/2014   

iShares MSCI USA High Dividend Yield Index Fund

     S000038925         248         8/20/2012   

iShares MSCI GCC Countries ex Saudi Arabia Index Fund

     S000038924         247         8/20/2012   

iShares MSCI Vietnam Investable Market Index Fund

     S000036007         173         12/5/2011   

The Company has also filed subsequent 485BXT filings for the sole purpose of extending the original effective date of the initial filings, the most recent of which were filed on March 12, 2015 and scheduled to become effective on April 10, 2015.

Subsequent to the filings, the Company decided not to go forward with the offerings of the funds as series of the Company. No securities were sold in connection with the offerings.


If you have any questions, please call Benjamin Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124.

Very Truly Yours,

iShares, Inc.

 

By:

/s/ Sarah M. Coutu

Sarah M. Coutu
Assistant Secretary

BlackRock Investments, LLC

 

By:

/s/ Edward Baer

Edward Baer
Managing Director